I was going to ask this during the meetup, but figured I'd ask here as well. I'm a web developer (Python, JS), and don't have any background in distributed systems or computer security. What are the relevant topics in theses areas that are needed to understand Satoshi's paper?

Explain tree chains. Do they require a soft fork or hard fork? Do they encourage decentralization of the network? Do they make the network more efficient, more secure, more convenient, and reduce fees/txn-costs?

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